Chapter Three
Lu paused outside the exam room door. Lana had went to call Marc and now Lu had to face Samantha without letting her emotions get
in the way. She took a deep breath before she opened the door. "Hey Lu, what is going on? Your scaring me!" Samantha sounded very
frustrated. "Well Sam, it is not your bowels," Lu stated sarcastically."What is it then,Lu? It must be bad considering how you walked
out," Sam said. Lu walked toward the girl and took her hand. She did not know how to tell her in an easy way so she just said it.
"Sam, your pregnant," Lu told her as gentle as possible. "What? You have GOT to be kidding! Are you sure?" Samantha panicked and
was close to tears. "I heard the babies heart beat. I am going to do an ultrasound to see how far along you are. Sam..." Lu paused, "I
have to ask this question as hospital policy. Who is the father?" Lu was starting to feal sick to her own stomach. She already knew the
answer to the question she had just asked. "Oh my God, Lu, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. We never meant for this to happen,"
Samantha was sobbing almost uncontrolably. "Sam, you have to calm down. Trust me, I know how you are feeling and I know you did
not mean for this to happen, but it did. What matters now is that you take care of things in a mature way. Now you have to verify that I
am correct when I say that Marc is the father," Lu said as softly as she could. "Yes Lu, it's Marc. You know that." Lu looked atthe
girl's tear streaked face,"I know Sam but I had to ask." Samantha broke into tears again, sobbing quietly this time with her face in her
hands. "Lu, I'm so sorry. You probably hate me, I'm so sorry." "Sam," Lu spoke softly, "I don't hate you. I am disappointed, but it
happens. There is nothing you can do now so stop apologizing. Marc has been called and he will be on the next plain. Now lay back
and I am going to get an ultrasound machine." "Lu," Sam said as Lu started towards the door. "Marc is going to be mad. I told him this
couldn't happen because I am on the pill. He is gonna kill me!" Lu looked the girl square in the eyes, "Sam, you listen to me. Marc is a
doctor's son. He knows that no kind of birth control is 100 percenteffective 100 percentof the time. He has had the speech at least a
hundred times and he has seen some of my patients in this exact scenario. I can promise you that he will take responsibility for his actions
just like I had to do." Samantha's eyes shot up to Lu,"You? What do you mean?"she asked puzzled. "Samantha, Marc is 18 years old.
I am 34. You do the math. I will not lie to you, being a teenage mom is the toughest thing that I have ever had to do. But one thing that I
did not have was support from Marc's dad until he was 22 years old and had a steady job. I took care of Marc for over five years by
myself. That is one thing that you will not have to go through. You have a mom and dad that love you. You have a boyfriend that will
stay by your side and help support you, and you have me for a doctor and a friend to lean on whenever you need anything at all. You
leave Marc Delgado up to me. Believe me, the last thing he will be is mad. Just trust me on this one okay. Now, I have to get that
ultrasound machine. I'll be back in a few." Lu smiled at Samantha before she left the exam room. As soon as she closed the door the
smile left her face. "Hey kid," Lana walked up beside Lu, "care to tell me what this is all about? First you call me into your office and
your as white as a ghost when I get there. Then you tell me to call Marc and tell him to get home immediately, and now your walking
around in a daze. What gives?" "Lana, ugh, I can't handle this right now," Lu said as she went into her office, sat down on the couch, and
put her face in her hands. "Okay kid, I'm sorry. I'll leave you alone." Lana started out the door. "No Lana, not you," Lu told her. "Come
sit down." Lana sit down beside Lu waiting to be filled in. "Marc is going to be a dad," Lu said quietly, keeping her face buried in her
hands. "Lu did you just...did Lana hear you right?" Lana asked surprised. Lu just nodded her head, trying to hold down the lump in her
throat. "Oh kid, everything is gonna work out. You'll see," Lana said as she put her arm around Lu's shoulder. "I have to go get an
ultrasound machine," Lu said suddenly back in work mode instead of personal mode. "Did you talk to Marc?" she asked. "Yea," Lana
responded, "he was a little confused but he said he would be here as soon as possible." "Thanks Lana," Lu said as she left the office.
'That girl is gonna run herself in the ground before this week is over. She's gonna have to slow down and let this all sink in or it will hit
her all at once. She is a breakdown waitin to happen,' Lana thought to herself. She decided she would try to take her to dinner later
and get her to open up and talk. After all, she really needed to vent before Marc got home or Lana knewLu would go off on him the
second he stepped off of the plane. It wasn't that Marc did not need a piece of his mother's mind, but the whole Philly airport really
didn't need to witness it. Lana was pretty sure it was going to get ugly and she was going to do her best to help in any way possible.
A/N I know, this isn't moving very fast but I am hoping it will pick up once all of the little details are out of the way. Thanks for sticking with it so far. Let me know what you think. Is it moving to slow or not? Please leave reviews! I am counting on them.